I'm Saving My Love

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"I'm Saving My Love"

Single by Skeeter Davis

from the album Cloudy, with Occasional Tears

B-side

"Somebody Else on Your Mind"

Released

April 1963

Recorded

January 9, 1963

Studio

RCA Victor Studio B
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.^[1]

Genre

Country, Nashville Sound

Alex Zanetis

Skeeter Davis singles chronology

"The End of the World"
(1962)

"I'm Saving My Love"
(1963)

"I Can't Stay Mad at You"
(1963)

"I'm Saving My Love" is a song written by Alex Zanetis and recorded by American country artist, Skeeter Davis in 1963. Later in the year, the single was issued onto Davis' fifth studio album, Cloudy, with Occasional Tears.^[2]

"I'm Saving My Love" was recorded at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States on January 9, 1963. The session was produced by Anita Kerr.^[1] The song was released as a single in April 1963, serving as the follow-up to Davis' major country pop crossover hit, "The End of the World". "I'm Saving My Love" also became a top-ten hit, reaching number nine on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart, while also just missing the top-forty on the Billboard Hot 100. In addition, the single reached number thirteen on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, becoming Davis' second entry on that chart.

Chart performance

Chart (1963)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[3]	41
U.S. Billboard Hot C&W Sides	9
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening^[4]	13

Other versions

A Hebrew version called Et Ahavati (My Love) was recorded in Israel in 1963 by Gila Adari.

References

^ ^a ^b "Skeeter Davis discography". Praguefrank's Country Discographies. 13 December 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 221.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 73.

v t e Skeeter Davis
Discography
Studio albums	I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too (1959) Here's the Answer (1961) Porter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis Sing Duets (with Porter Wagoner) (1962) Skeeter Davis Sings The End of the World (1963) Why So Lonely? (1968)
Singles	"(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too" "Bus Fare to Kentucky" "The End of the World" "For Loving You" "Fuel to the Flame" "Goin' Down the Road (Feelin' Bad)" "Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now" "The Hands You're Holding Now" "He Says the Same Things to Me" "Homebreaker" "I Can't Believe That It's All Over" "I Can't Stay Mad at You" "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" "I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter)" "I'm Saving My Love" "Last Date" "Lost to a Geisha Girl" "My Last Date (with You)" "One Tin Soldier" "Optimistic" "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" "Sad Situation" "Set Him Free" "Sun Glasses" "The Little Music Box" "There's a Fool Born Every Minute" "What Am I Gonna Do with You" "What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)" "Where I Ought to Be"/"Something Precious"
Related	The Davis Sisters

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